A number of files are used to describe Theatres (Theaters) used in the game world.
&&THEATRE is exported by the scenario creator tool as part of the CVP file. &&THEATRETEXT is exported by the localization tool.
&&THEATRE
This section defines the name, short name (3 characters), default urban (town/cities) equipment list sequence start, centre location (x/y)
The following is the default Theatre definiton for the World 2020 (W2020) data:
&&THEATRES 1, NAS - Northeast Asia, NAS, 21590, 1543, 177, 2, SAS - Southeast Asia, SAS, 21590, 1519, 275, 3, CAS - Central Asia, CAS, 21590, 1327, 187, 4, OCN - Oceania, OCN, 21500, 1622, 476, 5, MDE - Middle East, MDE, 21530, 1100, 247, 6, CAN - Central America, CAN, 21500, 392, 319, 7, ENA - Eastern North America, ENA, 21500, 382, 208, 8, WNA - Western North America, WNA, 21500, 236, 200, 9, SAF - Southern Africa, SAF, 21560, 1034, 490, 10, EAF - Eastern Africa, EAF, 21560, 1090, 370, 11, NAF - Northwest Africa, NAF, 21560, 878, 302, 12, WEU - Western Europe, WEU, 21500, 851, 177, 13, CEU - Central Europe, CEU, 21500, 932, 174, 14, EEU - Eastern Europe, EEU, 21500, 1047, 139, 15, NSA - Northern South America, NSA, 21500, 463, 414, 16, SSA - Southern South America, SSA, 21500, 520, 539, 17, NAO - North Atlantic, NAO, 21500, 660, 180, 18, SAO - South Atlantic, SAO, 21500, 775, 535, 19, NPO - North Pacific, NPO, 21590, 2, 200, 20, SPO - South Pacific, SPO, 21590, 178, 458, 21, INO - Indian Ocean, INO, 21590, 1320, 500, 22, NEU - Northern Europe, NEU, 21500, 834, 104,
&&THEATRETEXT
This includes location text for each theatre - the language localized name and short name. If not present then the information from the &&THEATRE section is used.
&&THEATRETRANSF
This data controls AI and Minister unit control ("AI Requests"). It is stored in \INI\AITheater.INI and is currently hand editied. It is AI/Minister specific (does not have to be the same for multiplayer sync, the settings from the host system are used).
AI will ordinarily not respond to out-of-theatre requests / hotspots unless this section lists the destination theatre as "opt in".
Each line starts with the theatre number (ie, 6 for Central America), and then up to 8 neighboring theatres for which theatre-transfers are permitted for unit responses.